IBM-AT&T Alliance a Big Differentiator for the Channel

IBM and AT&T have formed a multiyear strategic alliance enabling the carrier to host its business applications on the IBM Cloud. AT&T Business will utilize Red Hat’s open source platform to manage workloads and applications. IBM completed its acquisition of Red Hat last week. The improvements will allow AT&T Business to better serve enterprise customers, according to IBM. IBM also will make AT&T Business its primary provider of software defined networking. AT&T Business will help transform IBM’s networking solutions with their latest technologies including 5G, edge compute and IoT, as well as multicloud capabilities using Red Hat. IBM and AT&T already were partners, with AT&T Business serving as IBM’s strategic global networking provider. AT&T and IBM have a 20-year history of working together, and “we believe this strategic alliance will transform how both companies serve business customers,” an AT&T spokesperson told Channel Futures.